Nov 27, 2013

Swaminatha swamy temple - Ramanathapuram

Lord muruga can be seen with six faces and 12 hands in some temples.Rarely in a temple in ramanathapuram 11 faces and 22 hands.

Speciality:

Lord muruga here can be worshipped in 11 faces here and is a very rare sight.People who are affected with mental illness are brought here as special worship was offered for getting a remedy.After fulfilment of wishes, special abhisegam with new clothes are offered by devotees.Special pooja is conducted for durgai here during navarathiri.Ambigai was worshipped in the form of sagambari during tamil month of thai during pongal.Surasamharam festival is conducted in a big way next to tiruchendur.